Another post from October....

It has been brought to my attention that I have been taking the bait on a lot of political post.  In some ways, that makes me as bad as DJT!  The difference is, that I will stop doing so.  It can be so irresistible to try to fight unreasonable opinions with fact based responses.  But it also gets frustrating when some people refuse to accept facts at all costs.  So I am done trying. (It doesn’t mean I will stop sharing posts that I find amusing or meaningful.)

I’ve already voted here in Ohio, so there is no point in anyone trying to change my mind at this point anyway (if that was your goal).  And I know that I can not change yours, so peace be with you and may the all winners on both sides in this election work with each other to solve the serious problems facing our country.

I am a progressive liberal and not ashamed of it.  To me this means -

• Facts matter.
• Everyone should deserves the personal liberty and freedom to live their lives as they choose as long as it doesn’t infringe on someone else’s right to do the same.
• We are responsible as a society to lift each other up, care for each other and to protect those that need it most.
• We should respect each other as human beings.  Fat, skinny, tall, short, male, female, able bodied, handicapped, black, white, native, hispanic, asian, gay, straight, transgender, Catholic, Protestant, Jew, Muslim, Atheist, or whatever category or combination of categories you identify with, all deserve respect. (Sorry if I missed yours.)  Disparaging name calling by anyone to anyone is not acceptable in civilized adult society.  Most of us have left that behaviour behind in grade school.
• We have a responsibility to protect and maintain our one and only planet.
• We have a responsibility to our future generations.
• Education and learning (not always the same thing) should always be encouraged as an investment in our country.
• If something has been repeatedly proven to not work (supply side / trickle down economics, for instance), try something else.

I also believe that a functioning and vibrant conservative party is good for the country.  As a liberal, I may have blind spots when I bring my point of view to solving problems.  Conservatives could bring another point of view and together we should be solving our country’s difficult problems.  Unfortunately it seems that the leading conservative party has been taken over by anarchists that care only about vengeance and stopping any progress whatsoever.  The South (and their sympathizers) have declared war on the Union again.  Not by firing on Fort Sumter this time, but by doing everything they can to make our federal government dysfunctional.  I honestly hope that this will change after the election, but it doesn’t look encouraging.